News: EXHUMED Shares New Music Video For "Lifeless" Via Loudwire

Issues frontman Matt Harvey: "Following sequentially through the album's track list, we are stoked to lay 'Lifeless' on you. 'Defenders Of The Grave' is the introduction for the tale of Death Revenge and 'Lifeless' sets the actual plot that continues for the rest of the record in motion. Fitting with the vibe of the storyline as a whole, the clip focuses more on story elements and vibe rather than close up shots of guitar-noodling. I think it sets the tone nicely. Cheers!"

Listen to the previously released song "Defenders of the Grave" via YouTube HERE.

Death Revenge is set for release on October 13th on CD, LP, deluxe LP with cassette, and digital formats via Relapse Records. Physical packages and digital order are available via Relapse.com HERE and Bandcamp HERE.

EXHUMED's sixth full-length sees them tread into ambitious new territory with their first concept album: a musical melodrama in thirteen parts based on shocking true events. Death Revenge takes place in the late 1820s in Edinburgh, Scotland and tells the macabre tale of a series of brutal murders where the victims' cadavers were sold to anatomists, amid a grisly underground trade of grave-robbery. Recorded with producer Jarrett Pritchard (Goatwhore, Eternal, Gruesome), Death Revenge takes the band's signature gore-drenched, death metal mayhem to theatrical and ghastly new depths. Cover illustration is by Orion Landau with interior illustrations by Lucas Ruggieri (lucasriggieriillustration.com)

EXHUMED recently announced a short run of live dates in November with The Black Dahlia Murder, Suffocation, Decrepit Birth and more as well as a performance at Ozzfest Meets Knotfest on November 5th in San Bernardino, California. See confirmed dates below with additional live abrasions to be announced in the future.

San Jose'sEXHUMEDhas blazed a path for modern-sensible old-school death metal since the band's 1991 formation, when the band's founder and sole remaining member Matt Harvey was a tender fifteen years old.EXHUMEDspent much of the ensuing decade hacking their way through numerous lineups, demos, split CDs, and EPs. In 1998, the band finally released their debut album, the genre-(re)defining and critic-repulsingGore Metal. The album crystallized the sound - old-school death metal meets full-on grindcore with the spirit of thrash - forged with their 1994 demo and first split CD (Horrific Expulsion Of Goreand 1996'sIn The Name Of Gorerespectively). The band envisioned the three releases as a trilogy of sorts.

Touring in support ofGore Metalbrought the enlistment of then-bassist (now lead guitarist) Bud Burke to complete the lineup for the band's long-awaited first US tour and festival appearances after Ross Sewage's departure in 1999.EXHUMEDupped the ante with their go-for-the-throat sophomore recordSlaughtercultin 2001. The album blatantly blended the band's brutal cult-thrash influences into its sonic meat-grinder. The band evolved further with their third album, 2003'sAnatomy Is Destiny, with more sophisticated arrangements, production, and instrumentation. After touring heavily in support ofAnatomy...and the band's massive two-CD compilationPlatters Of Splatter,EXHUMEDrealigned their personnel, and released an album of cover versions calledGarbage Daze Re-Regurgitatedin 2005. Shortly thereafter, the band was put on indefinite hiatus.

After six years away from the scene and numerous other projects, Harvey, former members guitarist Wes Caley, and bassist/vocalist Leon del Muerte teamed up with drummer Danny Walker (Intronaut, Murder Construct, Phobia) for their acclaimed comeback album, All Guts, No Glory in 2011. The album earned them spots on numerous top 20 lists for 2011, including Decibel Magazine (#13) and Pitchfork's Metal column Show No Mercy (#11). With the positive reception of the record, EXHUMEDundertook a grueling road schedule which led to the band finding a new full-time lineup. Mike Hamilton (Deeds Of Flesh, ex-Vile) took over the drum throne and Caley was eventually replaced by returning alumnus Bud Burke, this time on lead guitar.

Over the course of the years,EXHUMEDhas developed an impressive tour resume that includes visits to America, Canada, Europe, Japan, Australia, and Iceland. The band has also performed at high-profile festivals including Maryland Deathfest, Wacken Open Air, Obscene Extreme, and Scion Rock Fest, in addition to tour packages like Summer Slaughter. Somewhere in the midst of all of the touring,EXHUMEDfound the time to write and record a new album,Necrocracy, released in 2013 to critical acclaim from publications like Decibel, New Noise, MetalSucks, Stereokiller, and PopMatters, all of whom included the album on the best-of lists for 2013.

EXHUMED followed up that release with a split alongside Relapse label-mates Iron Reagan (2014), and then returned to the studio to fully re-record their 1998 classic Gore Metal. The recording, titled Gore Metal: A Necrospective, also featured the return of bassist/vocalist Ross Sewage as well as completely new artwork and was packaged as a deluxe two-CD set. Now in 2017, EXHUMED returns with their first ever concept album in Death Revenge!